Antoine heard his mother’s call to him, her sing-song voice echoing in the hallway below. ‘You will ring your uncle and tell him that you’ll take the holiday job, won’t you?’ ‘I have done that already!’ he replied. going to the top of the stairs and meeti...
Jenny leaned against the bar in the nightclub that belonged to the resort. She and Veronica had finished dinner, and then gone to the piano bar for a few drinks. By 1 am the club had opened its doors and Jenny, Veronica and maybe another fifty people had...
Mary stood at her living room window and watched him as Ted worked methodically and purposefully. She was waiting for the kettle to boil and she would take him a drink and have a chat. She liked to do that and most of all with him, whenever she got the op...
Parkour is how I broke my neck; to be specific, missing the ledge of a wall. After a stint in the hospital, I got to go home to my own bed in my apartment. My head and neck were held perfectly still by a metal brace that literally screwed into my skull. M...
Amanda was relieved that the train journey was over, comfortable as it had been, and that a first-class ticket had made it possible for her not to become irritated by the clutter and fuss of holidaymakers. That was not to be endured for the hours it had t...
Nora gazed around her sheltered lot of ground and listened to the soft breeze as it wafted through the pine trees that marked the boundaries of her new home. They offered shelter from the ferocity of the summer sun, so very welcome on a blisteringly hot d...
There was an elder woman I had been seeing, and although we were no longer together in any way, we remained good friends. When visiting, it wasn't unusual for her to end the visit by seducing me. At the time of this story, she was in her mid to late sixti...
They say that as you get older past memories will always come flooding back whilst those of today are soon forgotten. Here is one of my many reminiscences, if it sounds familiar let it be, for I write for pleasure not personal reward.It was a barmy summe...
